¹⁶ and said, “By myself I have sworn,”^(A) this is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,

¹⁴ Therefore, I have sworn to Eli’s family: The iniquity of Eli’s family will never be wiped out by either sacrifice or offering.”^(A)

²⁶ “Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, all you Judeans who live in the land of Egypt: ‘I have sworn by my great name,^(A) says the Lord, that my name will never again be invoked by anyone of Judah in all the land of Egypt,^(B) saying, “As the Lord God lives.”

¹³ For by myself I have sworn”^(A)—this is the Lord’s declaration—“Bozrah^[a] will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and an example for cursing, and all its surrounding cities will become ruins forever.”^(B)